White Noise

Experiment Over

Well this is the last post of my experiment.  For the last year I have been weighing my trash weekly and logging how much goes toward recycling or how much does not go into the landfill. This weeks paper was way up due to recycling catalogs, magazines and christmas packaging.  

Date  Metal  Paper 

Dec 29th    6.5   49

EOY Total   352 lbs    771 lbs

I am amazed how with very little effort it took to divert 1,123 pounds from going to the dump.  More than 1/2 a ton of trash. We did nothing special. Did every single piece get into the bins, I am pretty sure no.  Did I have to change anything drastic in my life to accomplish this, no.  The hardest part of this entire process was weighing the trash. The other noticeable savings was the reduction in regular trash.  On average I filled 2 tall white kitchen bags a week, last year I would say I averaged 4-5 bags a week.  

Facts:

800 lbs of paper is about the equivalent of about 1 pine tree

The aluminum can be used over and over 

Can go recycling bin to the retail shelf in as few as 60 days.

Well this is the last post of my experiment.  For the last year I have been weighing my trash weekly and logging how much goes toward recycling or how much does not go into the landfill. This weeks paper was way up due to recycling catalogs, magazines and christmas packaging.  

Date  Metal  Paper 

Dec 29th    6.5   49

EOY Total   352 lbs    771 lbs

I am amazed how with very little effort it took to divert 1,123 pounds from going to the dump.  More than 1/2 a ton of trash. We did nothing special. Did every single piece get into the bins, I am pretty sure no.  Did I have to change anything drastic in my life to accomplish this, no.  The hardest part of this entire process was weighing the trash. The other noticeable savings was the reduction in regular trash.  On average I filled 2 tall white kitchen bags a week, last year I would say I averaged 4-5 bags a week.  

Facts:

800 lbs of paper is about the equivalent of about 1 pine tree

The aluminum can be used over and over 

Can go recycling bin to the retail shelf in as few as 60 days.

Second to last Update

Date  Metal  Paper 

Dec 15th    5  12

Dec 22nd    6.5   14

YTD Total   345.5 lbs    722 lbs

Date  Metal  Paper 

Dec 15th    5  12

Dec 22nd    6.5   14

YTD Total   345.5 lbs    722 lbs

Recycle update

Date  Metal  Paper 

Dec 1st 6 15

YTD Total   334 lbs    696 lbs

The experiment end is near

The paper amounts are much higher due to all the recycled holiday catalogs.

Date  Metal  Paper 

Nov. 18th 7 18

Nov 25th 8 25

Dec 1st 6.5 23.5

YTD Total  328 lbs    681 lbs

Geek Heaven

I love Moleskine notebooks and have for years - now you see a lot of people carrying them.  But rarely do you see this...

Marketing Gone Bad

Ok so this is kind of freaking me out a little.  You be the judge.  Feel free to add your own caption - here are a few that came to mind for me

" I can't go to work today without having had my High School Musical Eggo"

"Do you like the Cinnamon flavor?  Not me I love the High School musical ones"

Oh and by the way, these are real.

Trash Update

Date  Metal  Paper 

Nov. 4th 8.5 13

Nov 11th 7.5 15

YTD Total  307.5 lbs    614.5 lbs

A long time coming - update

Date  Metal  Paper

Oct 6th    7.5      22

Oct  13th   10            10

Oct 20th   8.5    10

Oct 27th    5.5            14.5

YTD Total  291.5 lbs   586.5 lbs

Update and Excuses

I have been really busy so I am way behind on posting -but my trash info in now current

Date  Metal  Paper 

Sep 15th    7.5      12.5

Sep  22nd    6              12

Sep 29th   8.5    8.5

YTD Total  260 lbs   530 lbs

Trash Update...recycling stats

Date  Metal  Paper 

Sep 1st           5.5     12.5

Sep  8th          6.5            12.5

YTD Total  238 lbs  497 lbs